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Christiaan Hetzner

Elon Musk’s affordability problem—Tesla is fast running out of early adopters

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The more queries Elon Musk fielded about price cuts during his recent third-quarter investor call, the more irascible the Tesla CEO became. 

At one point the repeated line of questioning around the ebbing pace of growth steamed Musk so much, that the world’s wealthiest man complained of getting “Marie Antoinette vibes” from his very own shareholders, before berating them for being out of touch with the plight of everyday Americans. 

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